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Governor Asks IL Businesses to Push for Pension and Medicaid Changes
From WUIS: Governor Pat Quinn is urging business owners to support his plans for overhauling state employee pensions and Medicaid. He spoke to a gathering of Illinois manufacturers and retailers in Springfield…Mark Denzler is vice president of the Illinois Manufacturer’s Association. “Well Illinois businesses want to operate in state that’s not bankrupt, that’s not on the edge of a fiscal abyss. So it’s important that the state of Illinois, the Governor and General Assembly address pensions and Medicaid which are spiraling out of control, so we applaud the Governor’s message for fiscal restraint, for reforming pensions and Medicaid, and we think it’s a movement in the right direction.” It’s unclear if lawmakers will keep going in that direction, however. TO READ MORE …
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Thursday
Feb092012

Plan to attend the IMA’s February Breakfast Briefing: Gaining Supply Chain Advantages Through Superior Payment Practices 

DateThursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:26PM

When: Thursday, February 23, 2012

Where: Mon Ami Gabi, Oak Brook Center Mall, Oak Brook

We’ve partnered with Roberta Tamburrino, from U.S. Bank, to update you on Supply Chain issues facing manufacturers. Join your peers on Thursday, February 23 to discuss:

* Supply chain challenges for 2012 and beyond; focus on payment challenges;

* New payment models that drive cost savings and process efficiencies;

* How best practices in payment can result in improved carrier relationships, lower overall costs (including rates) and better business intelligence.

Roberta Tamburrino, Vice President Transportation Solutions Sales, leads the freight payment sales organization for U.S. Bank. Roberta has spent the last twelve years of her career focused on delivering solutions through the integration of the physical and financial supply chains to Fortune 1000 companies. Roberta has held leadership positions in sales, operations and account management throughout her career in transportation and telecommunications.

Send your questions to us ahead of time, simply Email them to Kimberly McNamara with the Subject “Supply Chain” and we’ll submit them to Roberta.

Schedule: 8:00 am–Networking Continental Breakfast; 8:30 am–Supply Chain Program; 10:30 am–Q & A. Cost: $65 IMA members; $85 non-members.

Register today at: http://imatemp.squarespace.com/feb23-2012-breakfastbriefing-s/.

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